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Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born Vera Margaret Welch on 20 March 1917) is an English singer and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. She was called "The Forces' Sweetheart"; the songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again" and "The White Cliffs of Dover". She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK and the United States and recording such hits as "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" and "My Son, My Son". In 2009 she became the oldest living artist to make it to No. 1 on the British album chart, at the age of 92. She has devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children and breast cancer. She is still held in great affection by veterans of the Second World War and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the twentieth century.

Popular with both the German and Allied WWII troops, and first issued under the title “Lied eines Jungen Wachtpostens” (Song Of A Young Sentry), this recording by the German singer-songwriter became one of the more historically significant commercial music discs ever made.
The fascinating and complex tale behind the song--and this version in particular-- is interestingly related in the 2008 book “Lili Marlene: The Soldiers' Song of World War II,” or you might just check the “Lili Marleen” entry in Wikipedia. See also the 1944 American-made recordings by both Hildegarde and Perry Como, found within this channel’s 1944 HITS ARCHIVE collection.
Original 78rpm issued on Electrola 6993 - Lied eines Jungen Wachtpostens (Lili Marlen) (Schultze-Leip) by Lale Andersen with Bruno Seidler-Winkler Orch. & Chorus, recorded August 2, 1939
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The "Backyard Sessions" took place earlier this summer when Miley brought her band together to perform some of her favorite songs. The last in the series is "Jolene". Checkout the NEW MileyCyrus.com for more!
Jolene
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene, jolene, jolene, jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your skin is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene...
Jolene is a Dolly Parton cover
Featuring: Jamie Arentzen(Guitar), Jaco Curaco(Guitar), Paul Hager (Sound Engineer), Filmed and edited by: Kevin & Rebecca Joelson
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From '' Casual Tease ''
Label: Street Tunes -- STLP 003
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Tracklist
A1 Let There Be Neon
A2 Mechanical Ballet
A3 Berlin Ballerina
A4 Observation
A5 Techno Refugee
B1 Lunatic Republic
B2 When Is Pleasure Pain?
B3 Boy
B4 Lily Marlene
B5 Military Business (Muscle Culture II)
Vocals -- Bev Sage, Steve Fairnie
Drums, Percussion -- Dolphin Taylor, Gus Hale
Keyboards -- David Hewson
Bass -- Les Cargo
Horns -- John Duprez
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"Lili Marleen" (a.k.a. "Lili Marlene", "Lily Marlene", "Lili Marlène" etc.) is a German love song which became popular during World War II.
Written in 1915 during World War I, the poem was published under the title "Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht" (German for "The Song of a Young Soldier on Watch") in 1937, and was first recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939 under the title "Das Mädchen unter der Laterne" ("The Girl under the Lantern").
Following the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia, from 1941 Radio Belgrade became Soldatensender Belgrad to entertain German armed forces; the song was played frequently and became popular throughout Europe and the Mediterranean among both Axis and Allied troops.
Creation
The words were written in 1915 during World War I by Hans Leip (1893--1983), a school teacher from Hamburg who had been conscripted into the Imperial German Army.
Leip reportedly combined the names of his girlfriend and another female friend.
The poem was later published as "Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht" ("The Song of a Young Soldier on Watch") in 1937, now with the two last (of five) verses added.
It was set to music by Norbert Schultze in 1938. Tommie Connor later wrote English lyrics. It was recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939.
Covers
Marlene Dietrich version
In 1944, the Morale Operations Branch of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) initiated the Musac project, musical propaganda broadcasts designed to demoralize enemy soldiers.
Marlene Dietrich, the only performer who was made aware that her recordings would be for OSS use, recorded a number of songs in German for the project, including Lili Marleen.
Connie Francis version
Lili Marleen was released by American entertainer Connie Francis as her seventh German single in 1962 and would peak at No. 9 on the German charts.
Francis also recorded the song in Italian and French.
Amanda Lear version
French singer and euro disco queen Amanda Lear recorded a German-English language version of the song for her 1979 album Never Trust a Pretty Face. French editions of the album included a German-French version of the track. "Lili Marleen" was released as a promotional single only in Argentina, although earlier it became the B-side of the single "Gold".
The singer performed it in the 1978 film Zio Adolfo in arte Führer.
Other Musical Covers
The specialty label Bear Family has released a 7-CD box set featuring 195 different versions of the song.
While the Italian version, translated by lyricist Nino Rastelli and recorded in 1942 by Lina Termini, was probably the first to be released, the earliest English language recording of the song was probably Anne Shelton's, but a number of cover versions followed.
A recording was made by Perry Como on 27 June 1944.
A version with French words by Henri Lemarchand was recorded by Suzy Solidor in 1941.
Other artists who covered the song included Hildegarde, Martha Tilton and Vaughn Monroe.
Al Martino revived the song for Capitol Records in 1968.
Another version was recorded in the 1960s by country music legend Hank Snow. Another French singer, Patricia Kaas used "Lili Marlene" as an intro for her song "D'Allemagne".
Matia Bazar (Italy) recorded an uptempo beat song called Lili Marleen on her 1982 album Berlino, Parigi, Londra.
Spanish group Olé Olé, led by Marta Sánchez, released a song about the film in 1987.
German blackmetal band Eisregen recorded a version of "Lili Marlene" on their album Hexenhaus.
The German Gothic metal/Industrial metal band Atrocity released the song in both languages (English & German) on Gemini.
Kid Creole and the Coconuts included an uptempo, disco-influenced version of "Lili Marlene", with German lyrics sung by Coconut Adriana Kaegi, on their 1980 debut LP release "Off The Coast Of Me".
Carly Simon recorded the song as the third track on her 1997 Arista CD Film Noir.
Omnia It has also been translated into Hawaiian by Kiope Raymond, and recorded by Raymond and Pearl Rose on Rose's 2000 album Homecoming.
Most recently it was covered by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy.
A haunting, slow-tempo instrumental version can be found on the compilation LP Vienna: City of Dreams by Austrian zither master Anton Karas.
"Lili Marlene" has been adopted as the regimental slow march by the Special Air Service, Special Air Service Regiment and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Herms Niel, 1939
Erika is the other Name for the "Flower of the Heath," known as "Heather"(Genus Erica), which is from whence the Ladies' Names come from.
A more striaghtforward translation can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_(song)
Or mine below.
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On the Heath bloom'd a little Blossomling, and it is called: Erika.
Warm from a hundred thousand little Beelings, that swarm 'round Erika.
For her Heart is full of Sweetness,
Tender scents stream from her blossom'd Dress.
On the Heath bloom'd a little Blossomling, and it is called: Erika.
Back homeward, lives a little blonde Maiden, and she is called: Erika.
This Maid, my true little Darling, and my Good-Luck, Erika.
When the Heather, so lily-red blooms,
Sing I, to greet her, this Song.
On the Heath bloom'd a little Blossomling, and it is called: Erika.
In my Chamber, blooms another Blossomling, and it's called: Erika.
So in the Morningtide, as in Dusk's-Light, it stares to me, Erika.
And then to me, it speaks aloud:
"Thinkst Thou also of thy little Bride?"
Back homeward, a Maiden weeps for you, and she is called Erika.